Strategic Technology Guidance: Provide strategic technology leadership and guidance to early-stage startups, helping them progress from concept to ramp. Serve multiple clients across various industries on a fractional basis.Business and Technology Alignment: Collaborate closely with executive teams to ensure technology strategies are perfectly aligned with business objectives, facilitating seamless growth from startup to established enterprise.Engineering Design and Roadmapping: Design scalable engineering specifications and develop technology roadmaps that support business expansion and operational scalability.Tech Stack Optimization: Evaluate and optimize existing technology stacks to identify improvements and areas for cost reduction, enhancing overall efficiency and performance.Talent Acquisition and Team Leadership: Drive the hiring, building, and management of engineering teams that are pivotal in achieving critical business milestones and sustained growth.

Cloud Solutions Leadership: Spearheaded the creation of a cloud-agnostic artifact management system, significantly enhancing the software development lifecycle at Unity. Managed a cross-functional team utilizing technologies such as Go, Ruby, Node.js, and Kubernetes, delivering a scalable solution optimized for large-scale artifacts across diverse storage environments.Mentorship and Team Development: Advanced the professional growth of engineers by embedding a culture of technical excellence and robust collaboration.Cost Management and Operational Efficiency: Identified and executed strategic cost reduction initiatives, optimizing resource allocation and improving storage strategies.Strategic Product Input: Collaborated closely with product management to ensure engineering efforts aligned with business goals, enhancing product outcomes through improved stakeholder communication.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Played a pivotal role in enabling collaboration across units, ensuring seamless integration and setting up infrastructure for future scalability and innovation.

Public Safety Software Solutions: Led the development of a suite of applications for the public safety sector, improving operational efficiencies and emergency response capabilities significantly.Team Building and Leadership: Recruited and mentored a high-performing team, fostering an inclusive environment that promoted continuous learning and innovation.Agile Advocacy and Process Refinement: Championed Agile methodologies, transforming the development process to accelerate delivery while upholding high-quality standards. Enhanced team productivity through continuous integration and test-driven development practices.Collaborative Product Strategy: Actively engaged with product management to ensure development efforts were synchronized with overall business strategies, resulting in streamlined product launches and updates.Enhanced Organizational Efficiency: Drove strategic planning sessions across departments, improving workflow efficiencies and fostering a cohesive operational approach.

Healthcare Platform Innovation: Directed the development of a next-generation healthcare platform that enhanced key business metrics through automation and operational streamlining. This platform significantly improved care quality and reduced costs related to occupational injuries.Agile Environment Mastery: Orchestrated an Agile development framework that aligned team efforts with strategic product goals, balancing feature development with technical debt management.Technical Solutions for Business Needs: Partnered with stakeholders to define and deliver technical solutions, exceeding operational expectations and compliance standards.HIPAA Compliance and System Security: Oversaw the initiative for HIPAA compliance, enhancing system security and patient data protection through rigorous audits.Cultural and Team Development: Promoted a culture of continuous learning and professional growth, transitioning development activities from offshore to local remote teams, which enhanced collaboration and productivity.

Compliance Software Leadership: Led the architecture and development of a compliance SaaS platform for financial institutions, enhancing their ability to navigate regulatory challenges and maintain robust transaction monitoring.Infrastructure Enhancement and Security: Led initiatives to strengthen infrastructure security and reliability, vital for handling sensitive financial data.Team and Culture Management: Shepherded a team of developers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Built opportunities for teams to cross-pollinate information.

Education Technology Leadership: Directed the development of an advanced online marketing platform using Ruby on Rails, enabling efficient management and scalability of extensive website networks to support over a million daily requests.Team Development and Mentorship: Directed and nurtured a team of developers, focusing on the enhancement of both technical abilities and interpersonal skills. I effectively balanced project management responsibilities with strategic growth initiatives, fostering an environment of continuous learning and development that drove improved project outcomes and team expansion.Operational Excellence and Innovation: Managed daily project features and bug fixes, ensuring operational excellence and strategic decision-making through innovative tools.Scalability and Infrastructure Management: Developed a system for launching and hosting websites, crucial for the company’s scalability and growth.

Education System Leadership: Spearheaded the development of a Learning Management System using Ruby on Rails, which transformed educational experiences and expanded global accessibility.Team and Project Management: Directed a team of six employees and four contractors, implementing Agile Scrum methodologies to achieve on-time, on-budget project milestones.Technical Innovation and Scalability: Led the internationalization of the system to support 11 languages and utilized Amazon’s EC2 and S3 for a robust content distribution network, enhancing community engagement.

Technical Project Leadership: Directed the architecture and development of a complex web-based capacity management application for AT&T Network Solutions. Managed deliverables within tight deadlines to ensure high-quality output and budget adherence.Client Relationship and Team Coordination: Strengthened client relationships and coordinated a team under aggressive timelines, enhancing productivity and meeting critical project demands.Skill Development and Mentorship: Facilitated the professional and technical skill development of team members, focusing on technologies such as JavaScript, Struts, and XML.

Programming Lead responsible for design and development of user friendly C# medical GUI application, negotiated effectively with the clients to implement projects on time and on-budget. Directed and monitored all aspects of software lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and approval. As project lead, also coordinated team meetings, distributed work assignments, and facilitated communication between teams.